NASCAR heads to Mexico; Champ Car wraps up

AP PhotoJuan Pablo Montoya won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Mexico last year.

Five reasons to watch auto racing this weekend:

1. Head for the border
Juan Pablo Montoya's controversial win in last year's NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Mexico, in which he took out teammate Scott Pruett, just goes to show you stock cars can be entertaining on road course races, too. The Corona Mexico 200 is 2 p.m. Sunday on ESPN.

2. Dan the Man
Dan Wheldon has two wins and two second-place finishes in the past four IndyCar races in Tokyo. The Indy Japan 300 will be carried live at midnight Friday on ESPN2. It will be aired again at 3 p.m. Saturday on ESPN.

3. Clutch Kimmel
Nine-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel will look for his second consecutive victory at the Iowa Speedway. The Speed Channel will televise the Prairie Meadows 250 at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

4. Over and out
The Champ Car Series will have its final race with Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. ESPN2 will air the race on tape delay at 5:30 p.m. The field will include Graham Rahal, 19, who is coming off an IndyCar win at St. Petersburg.

5. Chad's comeback
A battered Chad Reed will try to maintain his points lead in the Supercross standings when the series visits St. Louis. Reed banged up his shoulder and chest after crashing last weekend in Detroit. The race will be aired on tape delay at noon Sunday on CBS.